Kathmandu’s New Dawn: When Gen Z Took the Streets
Kathmandu’s New Dawn: When Gen Z Took the Streets I still remember my time in Kathmandu as a student. The chai stalls tucked in corners, friends sharing dreams of change late into the night, and the constant sighs about how corruption was eating the country alive. Everyone knew the frustration, but most had learned to live with it. Not this generation. On September 8 and 9, 2025 , Kathmandu’s youth—students, workers, dreamers—poured into the streets. They weren’t just angry about the ban on digital media . That was only the spark. The fire had been lit long before—by broken promises, delayed projects, and a system that always seemed to move backwards. The Pulse of Gen Z Gen Z doesn’t wait. They don’t believe in files stuck on dusty tables or projects delayed for years because some babu hasn’t stamped a paper. They want things done now. They’ve grown up in a fast, connected world—and they can’t tolerate a system that steals their time, their money, and their hope. We saw i...